Sandy
Oct 25th 2012, 11:32 pm
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Sandy
For those of us on the east coast - something to worry about or just a job justification hysteria exercise from The Weather Channel?
Oct 26th 2012, 12:02 am
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Re: Sandy
? Sand ?
Not seen the weather for tonight, am I missing something ?
Carl.
Not seen the weather for tonight, am I missing something ?
Carl.
Oct 26th 2012, 12:06 am
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Re: Sandy
something to worry about i reckon. Although still time for it to change course, but yeah, they where really hyping it up on the weather channel! Talk of 'The Perfect Storm' and all that.
Oct 26th 2012, 12:09 am
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Re: Sandy
Doh.... The tropical storm/hurricane.... Caught up and on message now......
Oct 26th 2012, 12:13 am
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Re: Sandy
I'm more worried about the impact it will have on voting. If there is the widespread power outages and flooding they say is possible, how many people are going to be able to vote? And we know how the Northeast normally votes. I hope it just blows over, with no damage/flooding/snow.
Oct 26th 2012, 2:32 am
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Re: Sandy
Time to check the stock of torch batteries again then....
Oct 26th 2012, 2:44 am
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Re: Sandy
I'm supposed to be flying through Newark on Tuesday :-/
Oct 26th 2012, 3:07 am
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Re: Sandy
Following the Italian earthquake scientists convictions, I, for one, am not going to say "it's nothing to worry about".
Oct 26th 2012, 6:02 pm
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Re: Sandy
It now looks to come on shore in Maryland and curl westward over Pennsylvania. This is bigger than any previous storm on record, it is not the most violent but it will be about 800 miles across. It will stretch from the Jersey shore to Ohio early next week.
Of course, it could just fizzle but the forecasters seem confident.
Of course, it could just fizzle but the forecasters seem confident.
Oct 26th 2012, 6:14 pm
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Re: Sandy
This time last year we were hit with a huge snow storm. As the leaves were still on the trees it brought thousands of trees and power lines down in this area...resulting in many road closures and loss of power for days and in some cases weeks. 
The forecast is that this storm will cause more damage due to the high winds.
The forecast is that this storm will cause more damage due to the high winds.
Oct 26th 2012, 6:16 pm
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Re: Sandy
This time last year we were hit with a huge snow storm. As the leaves were still on the trees it brought thousands of trees and power lines down in this area...resulting in many road closures and loss of power for days and in some cases weeks. The forecast is that this storm will cause more damage due to the high winds.
The forecast is that this storm will cause more damage due to the high winds. 
Our power was out for 9 days last time.The local weather "expert" said that this storm will be bad because it is going to "combine with winter", whatever that means.
Oct 26th 2012, 6:21 pm
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Re: Sandy
When our power went off we packed up and went to Toronto for a few weeks. Can't this time because we are going on holiday the following week.
